Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-03-02
THE GREAT SHOCKS.
A Total of 2, 600 People Believed to Have
Been Killed.

A Total of 1000 People Believed to Have
Been Killed.
Reports OF the earthquake disaster
in Italy and Southern France continue
to arrive. The total number Of deaths
reported up to the present time is
about 600. Shocks were felt on the
oath at Parma, Turin and Cosenza
Unddlatlons of the earth were noticed.
at Catania in Sicily st the foot OF
Noun Etna. The director OF the Turin
observatory telegraphe that the SETS
mic Instruments are quieecent and that
no further disturbance is feared In
the towns of the Genoese Riviera more
than 800 persons were killed. At
the village Of Bajardo, situated at
the top OF a hill, q number OF the in
habitants took refuge in q church
when the shocks were first felt. A
subsequent and greater shock de-
molished the church, aud 800 OF the
people who were in it were killed. At
Nice the panic has not yet subsidized.
Fugitives are fleeing i'll every direction.
The people are afraid to re-enter their
houses and hotels, and in the evening
the heights back Of the city were
crowded with refugees. Two thousand
! English, American and Russian
visitors were camped out during the
night on the elevated ground. Six
thousand persons have left the city
and started for Paris. The son of AL
bert N. Hathaway, the American con-
sui ut Nice, was seriously injured. Six
ty houses are tottering and ready to
fall from the shatteriDgs inflicted by
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are much damaged, and in most resi-
dences more or less of the furnishings
are damaged. Two slight shocks of
earthquake were felt on the oath, at
| Nice and Cannes, but there was no in
Jury. The first disturbances killed
two pereons and injured ten at
Nice; killed four and injured
two at Bar; killed two and in
| iured twelve at Bollene. At Chateau
Neuf many were injured; at Savona
two houses fell, killing nine persons
and iniurlng fifteen. The whole popu-
lation OF Sevona are bivouacked
about the town. Monte Carlo is filled
with thousands of refugees from
Cannes, Nice, Mentone and San Reno
1t is difficult to find shelter for the
greater number of people, and
many of them were compelled to
camp out. Gaming has been sus-
pended, and b band ls playing on the
terrace for the purpose of restoring
conf 1ence to the frightened people.
Ii is reported that at BussaRa, a
village OF 500 inhabitants, successive
shocks level d nearly every house.
One third of the people are said to
have been buried in the ruins, and
there is DO hope of rescuing them
Not one Of the 106 communes In TIE
populous province of Porto Maurizio
escaped injury. The villages built on
terraces On the sides of hills are al
most all destroyed. The distress is
great everywhere.
The earthquake was strongly felt st
sea. Off Genoa it woke sailors from
their sleep. At Turin o portion of the
ceiling Of Santa Teresa Church fell up.
on the worshipers, but none were
killed. In many streets traffic was
stopped as houses were rendered liable
to fall. At Castellaro g. church col
lapsed, killing many persons. The
transport Roma has left Genoa to
take on board 500 prisoners confined
in the Oneglia prison, which is expect
ed to collapse. Parties Of soldiers
have been sent to the villages visited
| by the earthquake to assist III buryine
the dead. King Humbert desired to
proceed TO Genoa but was dissua9ed
therefrom The Italian Soothsayer,
an almanac, predicted earthquake
shocks between the 10Th aud 23d Of
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